It’ll take a general election for Labour to face up to its crisis | Martin Kettle

If members back Jeremy Corbyn the party will remain divided. All hope now rests with the wider public

If there is one issue in British politics on which the Labour party has always spoken for the public, it is the National Health Service. Through bad times and good, the opinion polls have almost always put Labour ahead of the Tories on the NHS. No matter how hard David Cameron tried to boost his standing on this issue, and at times he tried very hard indeed, the best he ever managed was to dent Labour’s lead.

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